- Actors: Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo, Victor Rivers
- Directors: Taylor Hackford
- Writers: Jeremy Iacone, Floyd Mutrux, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Ross Thomas
- Producers: Gina Blumenfeld, Jeremy Iacone, Jerry Gershwin
- Format: NTSC
- Language: Arabic, English, Spanish
- Number of tapes: 1
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- Studio: Buena Vista
- VHS Release Date: Sep 7 2001
- Run Time: 180 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (81 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 6302968135
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#9,081 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
- #16 in Video > Mystery & Suspense > Crime > Prison Films
- #32 in Video > Mystery & Suspense > Crime > Gangsters
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Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman) directed this 1993 epic about Chicano gang wars in the California prison system and the differing and tragic paths of three boyhood friends. Half-brothers Paco and Cruz grow up with their cousin Miklo in Chicano Los Angeles, and each in turn is influenced by their violent environment and the prevalence of drugs on their streets. Cruz becomes an artist but winds up tragically addicted to heroin, while Miklo serves time for murder and Paco becomes a cop, setting the stage for a confrontation between the two when Miklo is released from prison. The film strives for an epic feel but takes too long to set up its interweaving stories. It is notable, however, for some fine acting on the part of Benjamin Bratt and Damian Chiapa, as well as smaller roles by Billy Bob Thornton, Ving Rhames and Delroy Lindo. Its depictions of life in the California prison system are harrowing and powerful, and serve as the centerpiece of this urban drama. --Robert Lane
Video Details
Now, from the director of AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN and the producer of LA BAMBA comes BLOOD IN ... BLOOD OUT, a critically acclaimed modern-day epic. Within the rich and colorful Chicano culture of East Los Angeles, three cousins raised as brothers fiercely live by a generations-old tradition of family -- a power stronger than law, a force deeper than friendship. In one life-shattering moment, the trio is torn apart, forcing them to follow three separate paths: one searching for truth in the law, one expressing his passion through art, and one finding power in prison. Yet through it all, family and honor keep their lives intertwined as each strives for survival and power!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic,
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This review is from: Blood In Blood Out (Widescreen) (DVD)
I definatly consider this movie to be a classic. there are a few parts that stick with me even though i havent seen it in a while. good movie about some mexican brothers who start off in a gang and then take very different paths. one of them is to jail which makes this a part jail flick. highly recommended for fans of the genre!
5.0 out of 5 stars
blo0d in blo0d out, b3st movi3 ev3r....,
This review is from: Blood In Blood Out (Widescreen) (DVD)
My opini0n ab0ut this movi3 is that it is the b3st movie ev3r...it teach3s youngst3rs da real lif3 of a gangst3r and why it is not the right path to follow..A good theme that it sh0ws is that nothing is more important than familia because they are the only ones that will care about you... other then that th3 setting which was in 3ast l0s was the best plac3 u could do a movi3 like dat.... pur0 3ast L.A. BROWN PRIDE
4.0 out of 5 stars
Adoro a tío Mano!,
By Beth (NC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blood In Blood Out (Widescreen) (DVD)
Where to begin? Awesome cast, who portrayed every available aspect of a man's life. The ever incredibly handsome, Victor Mohica as Tio Mano,(can you believe he was 60 yrs old in this movie...incredible!!)The awesome interaction of the three main characters played by Benjamin Bratt, Jesse Borrego, and Damian Chapa. The language is foul and the violence is heavy, but it draws you into the movie as though you are living through it with a member of your own family. The language switches between english and spanish as though there is no difference, yet even if you are not bilingual, you will have no problem following this story line.Basic's are three kids growing up in the Barrio together against all odds and in a street gang. Choices they each made sends them in three different directions in life, yet still a bond holds them together. A must see if you are able to sit through the three hours.. I would recommend this for anyone but children and teenagers, mainly because of the rough nature of the film and the violent language, and sexual content (inuendos).
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